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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by ilyt on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:12AM (#34500028)
You could probably infer a lot without knowing who traded it to who.

If say

* person A gets 100 banknotes from the bank, gives 50 to person B,

* person B pays 25 to person C and 5 back to bank (say, taxes)

* person C pays 5 of them to the bank

You can infer with some probability who traded what to who.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by freejazz on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:31AM (#34500568)
Not really. A billion other things also could have happened, they just didn't. Also, when was the last time you deposited cash?
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by kelnos on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:41AM (#34501112)
Many people don't, but businesses deposit excess cash daily.

Certainly, though, those same businesses keep a lot of cash in order to give change to other customers. But that cash will still likely end up back at a bank before too long.

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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by freejazz on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @10:46AM (#34505030)
If it only goes to banks when businesses deposit it, you can't tell anything about the intermediary users
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by ilyt on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:56PM (#34513814)
Just because you can't imagine way of tracking it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
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Re:Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes by freejazz on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:10PM (#34520983)
Offer one...
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